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Reposted from @indiaculturalhub ( @get_regrann ) - #SundayReads : One day in 1937, two young long-haired women in saris stepped into a small photo studio in #Madras They changed into striped pyjama suits and struck a pose in front of the studio camera. One of them leaned languidly against a chair, while the other’s eyes focused on something outside the frame. Both of them held cigarettes.
The world-renowned Carnatic vocalist MS Subbulakshmi and the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati were just having a bit of fun. From strictly disciplined households, the two asserted their independence by secretly arranging this photograph of themselves dressed outrageously in Western-style sleepwear and pretending to smoke cigarettes.
This iconic photograph was first made public only 73 years later, in the 2010 biography of Balasaraswati penned by Subbulakshmi’s son-in-law Douglas Knight J. By this time, the successful careers of these artists were so highly revered over decades, almost deified, that this picture quite suddenly threw light on a whole new aspect of their lives – just two young friends attempting to do something unconventional
Source: @nupurasthana#culturvation -